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EssaySnark's Strategies for the 2021-'22 MBA Admissions Essays for Columbia Business School
Columbia has given you many choices with your application this year! One core goals question, and then three options, two of which need to be answered. Which do you choose? Should you write about your favorite song? Should you talk more about why Columbia is a good fit for you? Should you tackle that daunting question with the five skills about diversity, equity, and inclusion? What is the impact with various combinations of these options? Which combo will most people choose? The essay questions are one thing, and then there’s the overall strategy of when to submit and how to plan your approach. The rest of their admissions process can seem incredibly complicated, too. J-Term? Early Decision? Deferred Decision? Rolling Admissions? What do all these things mean?
EssaySnark’s 2021 MBA application Strategy Guide for Columbia Business School lays out all these options for a full-time applicant and explains where the advantages lie. We give you a simple map to the very different processes in effect at Columbia, and we explain who’s a good fit for which option. Importantly, we also tell you flat-out when you should apply, based on which program you’re targeting and which strategies you’ve adopted.
And of course we dissect the Columbia essays, in great detail, with a sketch of how to approach each one, and what combination might serve you the best. We cover the importance of career goals — including your so-called “dream job” — plus the (very short!) Columbia short-answer question about immediate post-MBA professional goals. We explain what to do with Essay 1 about why you want to get a Columbia MBA, and we offer how to think about the choices they’ve given you with the three prompts to select from: Ethical leadership and PPIL. Why you want to go to Columbia and fit. Pitfalls to watch for on song/book/movie prompt. What key objectives to be focusing on for all three of these important essays. You’ll get insights on tying it all together and making your essays stand out from the crowd. And, how do you handle the single letter of recommendation that they require.
This edition also includes insights on Columbia’s premier Value Investing Program, along with direct guidance on whether the J-Term might be a good option. We also of course lay out the advantages and some disadvantages to applying through Early Decision.
Updated and expanded for 2021 – with plenty of discussion on each essay question, plus lots of tips for how to structure your topics across the essays, direct-from-the-adcom info about the GMAT and the GRE and the EA test, and practical pointers throughout for your entire Columbia MBA application strategy.
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EssaySnark's Strategies for the 2021-'22 MBA Admissions Essays for Columbia Business School
First published on: 06/27/2021
Specific to: 2020
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